Featured Hot Rods 35/37 ford truck chassis thread

Im sure when your dad is Fat Jack Robinson youbhave unlimited resources and know the owner of numerous hotrod shops by name,ch***is builders,engine builders,paint and body guys..
Im just some guy trying to build a cool truck to pull a flathead welder out in the desert..
Thanks for all the replies

 

Santa came a bit late

 

Will you be using 35-40 shackles with shock mount?

 

Im thinking of doimg custom mounts.. im not that far in...there's a guy sorta local selling earlier friction shocks,I have the magnum axle shocks and i have the 50 gmc hydro shocks..

 

Any way of removing these bushings whitout damage ?thank you

 

Hydraulic press would be the first try. If that does not work, then heat as there may be rust from 50+ years of being installed. At any rate after heating and removing let them cool on their own. Quenching them could possibly harden them and make them brittle.

 

Thank you,i ended up just going to town with the torch..they just melted and dripped out..
Bent the perches and patched the xmember.

 

If you want to use new style shackles with urethane bushings, you still need to get the tin liner of the old shackle pin out of the perch. Sometimes you can snag it with an air chisel, sometimes you need to slice through it with a hacksaw blade before it will peel away.

 

Thank you...I cant seem to find replacements online..ill try today after work

 

Original style shackle bolts are available at all the restoration vendors. But they are very hard to press in.

 

Ill probably end up buying the shackles from speedway,they have nylon bushings i believe..


I need to make a shim for the rear spring,they put a shim on top of the spring but that will raise the frame 3/4" and I'm trying to lower it..
Has anyone made a nice looking i could stack 3@ 1/4 plates with a little bend,then tack them .

 

Just weld a piece of 3/4" square bar on each spring clip.

 

There's seems to be not much difference between the 37 and 35 the grille and split windshield? That was my '35 View attachment 660